Kol Ami (Tucson, Arizona)

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Kol Ami
Religion
Affiliation Reform Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational status Synagogue
Leadership
  • Rabbi Malcolm Cohen
  • Rabbi Daniel Price
    (Rabbi-in-Residence)
StatusActive
Location
Location225 North Country Club Road, Tucson, Arizona 85716
CountryUnited States
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Location in Arizona
Geographic coordinates 32°13′26″N110°55′37″W / 32.2239180°N 110.9269990°W / 32.2239180; -110.9269990
Architecture
Architect(s) Eli Blount [lower-alpha 1] (1910)
Type Synagogue architecture
Date establishedc. 2019(merged congregation)
  • 1910 (Temple Emanu-El)
  • 1995 (Congregation Or Chadash)
Completed
  • 1910 (TE: Stone Avenue)
  • 1949 (TE: Country Club Road)
  • 2002 (OC: address unknown)
Website
katucson.org
Tucson Jewish Museum &
Holocaust Center
USA Arizona relief location map.svg
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Location in Arizona
Established2005
Location564 South Stone Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85701-2308
Coordinates 32°12′51″N110°58′13″W / 32.2142°N 110.9702°W / 32.2142; -110.9702
Type Jewish museum
DirectorLori Shepherd
Website www.tjmhc.org
Temple Emanu-El (1910)
Kol Ami (Tucson, Arizona)
Interactive map
Location564 South Stone Avenue, Tucson, Arizona 85701
Coordinates 32°12′51″N110°58′13″W / 32.2142°N 110.9702°W / 32.2142; -110.9702
Built1910
ArchitectEli Blount
Part of Barrio Libre Historic District (ID78000565)
Designated CPOctober 18, 1978

Kol Ami is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 225 North Country Club Road, in Tucson, Arizona, in the United States. The congregation was formed through the 2019 merger of Temple Emanu-El (established in 1910 as The Hebrew Benevolent Society) and the Congregation Or Chadash, that was established in 1995. The leaders of Temple Emanuel-El and Congregation Or Chadash began discussions about a potential merger in 2018. The merger of the two Reform congregations was consummated the following year, as Kol Ami. [1]

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As The Hebrew Benevolent Society, it was the first synagogue in the Arizona Territory and is the oldest congregation in the state; Emanu-el's original building, known as the Stone Avenue Temple, was built in 1910 and is the oldest synagogue building in Arizona. This Stone Avenue building, listed as a contributing property on the National Register of Historic Places, has since been repurposed as the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center.

History

Temple Emanu-El

The Jewish community had been meeting for prayer for some years and had begun raising funds for a synagogue in 1905. The congregation was incorporated March 20, 1910, as The Hebrew Benevolent Society and dedicated the first synagogue building, the Stone Avenue Temple, the first synagogue built in the Arizona Territory, on October 3, 1910, the eve of Rosh Hashanah.

In 1949 the congregation moved to a new building on North Country Club Road. [2]

Stone Avenue Temple

Emanu-El's original building, the Stone Avenue Temple, was a brick structure designed by Ely Blount. Blount blended a pedimented, pilastered Greek Revival façade with rounded windows and twin towers in Rundbogenstil style. In 1937 the building was covered with stucco. The original stained-glass windows have been lost. [3] In 1982, the building was listed in on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Barrio Libre Historic District. [4] [5] Efforts to preserve the synagogue garnered national attention when it received the National Preservation Honor Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. [6] The building currently houses the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center. [7] [8]

The museum

The Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center, formerly known as the Jewish History Museum, and the Jewish Heritage Center of the Southwest, is a Jewish museum that was created in 2005 by the merger of the non-profit that was formed to rescue the building from destruction in 1998 – The Historic Stone Avenue Temple Project – with the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Arizona. [9] [10]

In addition to its permanent collection, the museum hosts exhibitions, lectures, the annual Ketubah and Antique wedding gown exhibit and the Jewish Storytelling Festival as well as is the home of the Jewish Arizona Oral History Project. [9] [11]

Congregation Or Chadash

The congregation was formed on August 18, 1995 under the direction of Rabbi Thomas Louchheim, who previously was employed as an Assistant Rabbi at Temple Emanuel-El. The congregation was gifted a Torah from B’nai Sholem, an Orthodox congregation in St. Joseph, Missouri. The congregation started a Jewish school and had over 104 students by late 1999.

A 4.2-acre (1.7 ha) property was purchased in 2002 with the assistance of donations and borrowings; and the 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m2) house converted into a chapel, education facilities, and administrative offices. [1]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources list as Ely.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Synagogue history". Kol Ami. Retrieved January 16, 2024.[ self-published source? ]
  2. ↑ "History". Temple Emanuel-El Tucson.[ self-published source? ][ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Architecture". Jewish Heritage Center. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Stone Avenue Temple: Tucson, AZ". Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
  5. ↑ Fisher, Tim (September 26, 1977). "Inventory – Nomination Form: Barrio Libre". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  6. ↑ "No title". Jewish Tucson.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Jewish Heritage Center - Tucson". Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
  8. ↑ "American Report Part II: American Notes: Tucson's Stone Avenue Temple to be Jewish Cultural Center". Jewish Heritage Report. I (2). Summer 1997.
  9. 1 2 Brown, Phyllis (July 10, 2005). "Venerable Tucson institutions merge into Jewish Heritage Center". Jewish Tucson.
  10. ↑ "American Report Part II: American Notes: Tucson's Stone Avenue Temple to be Jewish Cultural Center". Jewish Heritage Report. I (2). Summer 1997.
  11. ↑ Dalton, Aaron (December 27, 2007). "Not Just Desert: Tucson Touches on It All!". Jewish Exponent.
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